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FIRST id CONSULTED
Keith Fan - 96338455 (Dreamvision Designer - 72 Eunos Ave 7 S'pore Handicrafts Building #06-09 S409570), recommendation from RenoTalk member subdude (http://www.renotalk.com/forum/blog/1451-creating-honey-bees-5-room-hive/)
- We were actually looking for Samuel who is also the boss of DV but when we walked-in without an appointment, Keith was the only available staff to attend to us
- Keith had some nice ideas and was very prompt with all our queries
- Being the first id we were consulting, we thought he did not have sufficient experience when he needed to consult Samuel when we posted some questions
- Eventually decided to drop Keith as somehow we can't have a proper bond with him
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SECOND id CONSULTED
Eric Poon - 94315393 (Corazon Interior Pte Ltd - 71B Pagoda St S059230, access via staircase besides Mei Zhen Xiang, 3rd floor), recommendation from RenoTalk member CharisOng (http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/64878-modern-cozy-home-greenleaf/?p=848932)
- Eric is very professional in that he try to find out about our lifestyles and cater the house to fit into that style
- He was the only one who racked his brains to come up with a Space Plan that fit into our requirements, which unfortunately we subsequently discarded due to our fickle-mindedness
- He gave us the impression that his quality of work will be top-notch
- His quotation was slightly on the higher side as compared to the others
- He did not have his own HDB license yet (and was totally honest about it) when we visited him but he should have gotten it sometime September
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THIRD id CONSULTED
Daven Chua - 90033622 (Living Art - Blk 177, Toa Payoh Central #01-162 S310177), random walk-in visit
- We felt Daven was more of a contractor type
- Quotation was quite affordable
- Would be a good choice if you know exactly what you want and do not need any fanciful design
- Wasn't able to click with him
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FOURTH id CONSULTED
Calvin Tan - 90618096 (Posh Home - 33 Ubi Ave 3 Vertex #01-46 S408868), recommendation from RenoTalk member leonjennawong (http://www.renotalk.com/forum/topic/64054-leon-jenna-reno-experience/)
- We clicked very well with Calvin but he did stated upfront that by right he was already too busy to take up any more projects
- Was told that Posh Home work as a group and the whole team contributes to the ideas for the customers instead of individual designers doing their own thing
- Company is GST registered which is a negative on our budget
- He had more than 14 yrs of experience
- Calvin did not revert back to us after our first meetup, which reflected badly on his professionalism in our opinion
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FIFTH id CONSULTED
Yevette - 96696940 (Su Misura), recommendation from personal friend
- Yevette was actually recommended by the id whom my friend engage as he was too occupied with projects on hand. Eddy was his name and they are working in the same company
- We felt Yevette had very good design sense
- Her presentation gave us a good impression as she made the effort to present her concept and ideas with photographs so we had a better idea
- Unfortunately we felt she is a little too soft and demure
- We had a hard time deciding between Yevette and Abby below
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SIXTH id CONSULTED
Abby Tan - 98002416 (Green and Lush), recommendation from personal friend
- We were instantly very comfortable and felt a bond with Abby
- Abby understood our ideas instantly without much explanation, ie, we had the same wavelength making everything very easy
- She made efforts to help us save $ by recommending ideas we never thought of before instead of just going along with what we wanted
Hi, chance upon your blog when i was searching for your 2nd id consulted. so i see you taking on Abby tan, so how was the reno? workmanship good? responsible? overall experience with her? and total cost of the reno and the difference between what was quoted and actual? hope you can share with me. thanks.
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